Nicholas

My name is Nick and I`m a qualified primary school teacher, having taught primary aged children in Teesside schools for 26 years, I will now help your child reach their full potential through regular, high quality tutoring. I find it exciting to see children gain new skills and overcome areas that thy have found challenging in the past. I look forward to working with your child as their tutor.

I am able to provide sessions of 45 to 60 minutes, to best suit your child’s needs. There are no costs for travel (up to 15 miles), or costs for resources. I can provide a discount for block bookings.

I am married and have two children, who enjoy family life together and to the full. In my spare time I enjoy photography and writing poetry, some of which has been published. I was a finalist in The National Poetry Rivals Competition in 2013.

I have a full DBS (CRB) enhanced certificate and references.

Availability: Any weekday, evenings and weekends

Willing to travel: 20 miles

Experience: I have taught in schools across Teesside for the last 26 years, for the last 8 years this was a senior class teacher in a village school in Hartlepool. I have taught mixed-age classes of juniors and infants of all abilities, and KS2 booster sessions and SEN interventions, in all subjects including reading, writing, spelling and mathematics. I also teach science, computing, and all the other primary subjects. As teacher I understand the full primary curriculum, including the changes introduced in September 2014.

I have been part time tutoring for the last ten years, mainly in Literacy and mathematics supporting children in catch up activities, to help them reach their targets.

Tutoring Approach

We start with a chat on the phone to collect information about your child`s strengths, confidence and areas to develop, along with your own needs and expectations. I will also seek information from reports and assessments so that I can prepare an individual plan with targets to aim for along the way.

I plan varied, interactive sessions using mental activities, games, written tasks, educational apps, websites… whichever is the best tool for learning available. I can also provide further activities and websites to practise through the week.